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Erie presents conceptual plan to expand and renovate community center; consultants give approximate $14.5M estimate
Summary
Town staff and Collab Architects presented a predesign study for the Erie Community Center on Jan. 20, 2026, showing targeted renovation and an option that includes a gym/fitness expansion. Consultants described conceptual costs (roughly $14.5M for the targeted renovation/addition; a gym/fitness buildout was presented near $12.5M) and sought council direction to proceed to design.
Town staff and consultants presented conceptual designs and high‑level cost estimates on Jan. 20 as part of a predesign study for an expansion and renovation of the Erie Community Center (ECC).
Chad, a staff project lead, told the council the study—begun in July 2025 and grounded in the town’s 2020–21 facilities master plan and the 2024 Parks & Recreation “playbook”—was intended to move the ECC from planning into implementation. Du Boingo, identified in the presentation as director of Parks and Recreation, said growth in participation has created a sustained capacity problem: staff reported nearly 1,500 people on program waitlists in 2025 and dozens of rentals turned away.
Jordan Lochner, founding principal of Collab Architects, said Collab approached the work in three phases—discovery, vision development and concept design—and emphasized the importance of due diligence: “there’s no substitute for due diligence,” he said, describing site and easement…
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